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• Delegates discuss improving the union’s organising approach

  15-06-2022 16:36
  
  Stating that she was “proud of our organising response in the pandemic,” UNISON vice president Andrea Egan told delegates in Brighton this morning that, “every year, this conference restates our commitment to organising”.
  As national delegate conference debated a motion on Building the union – organising for our future, she voiced concern that, given the cost of living crisis, members will be looking at their bills and thinking about ending their direct debit for un
  
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• Out-of-touch government has no plan to solve cost of living crisis, says UNISON  

  15-06-2022 15:28
  
  The government is out of touch, has no understanding of the struggles ordinary families are facing and has run out of ideas to tackle the cost-of-living crisis, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said today (Wednesday).
  In her keynote speech at the union’s annual conference in Brighton, she said: “The country is smack bang in the middle of the worst cost-of-living crisis in over 70 years. The poorer people are, the higher the price they’re paying.
  “Struggling
  
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• The tide is turning – and UNISON will rise!

  15-06-2022 14:57
  
  “We have good reason to be optimistic. It feels a bit like the tide is turning.
  “The government should be in no doubt: UNISON is strong. UNISON is resolute – and UNISON is up for the fight.
  “Together we rise, conference!”
  That was the message at the heart of today’s address to UNISON’s national delegate conference by general secretary Christina McAnea.
  And conference did rise, with cheers, applause and a standing ovation as she concluded.
  Threaded throug
  
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• Ed Miliband: ‘We’ve got to raise our ambitions on climate change’

  15-06-2022 11:21
  
  Ed Miliband told delegates at UNISON’s Energy conference in Brighton this week that the change to net-zero carbon emissions is “not about putting a green coat of paint on an unfair, unequal economy, but about the fundamental transfer of wealth power and income to working people and their families”.
  Outlining Labour’s energy policy if the party gains power at the next election, he asked: “Are we really going to go from a high-carbon unjust, unfair, unequal country to
  
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• UNISON at 30 – delegates pass first motion at NDC in Brighton

  15-06-2022 10:26
  
  Debate kicked off on Tuesday morning at UNISON’s national delegate conference with UNISON at 30, a motion calling on the NEC to produce a statistical report and an action plan to improve the number of women participating at all levels in UNISON.
  Moving, Miriam Mafemba from Newcastle Hospital branch paid tribute to the “many fantastic women across my region who have been and continue to be an inspiration to me and others”.
  Heralding their inspiration as the reason she stopped be
  
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• Care bosses taking home 13 times wages of workers, says UNISON report

  15-06-2022 01:35
  
  Executive pay packages are soaring at private equity firms that own care homes​, while conditions plummet for residents and staff, says a report published by UNISON today (Wednesday).
  Directors of for-profit investment companies across the UK are now collecting 13 times the wages of the care workers they employ, according to new data from the University of Surrey and analysts Trinava Consulting.
  The 43-page report​ – Held to Ransom​ – reveals wor
  
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